Ask yourself: If he had any actual arguments, why would he have made that closing?

Sounds like a “Hail Mary” pass to me.

All I can figure is that Wells knew the prosecution had its case nailed down, and was just hoping to confuse one juror enough to get a hung jury. But wouldn’t he have had a better chance just speaking calmly and pretending that his argument held water, instead of ranting and raving?

It’s a weird system where the next several years of a man’s life get determined by whether his hired gladiator is in good form, but I guess it’s the one we’re stuck with.